| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation2800. James Hardin Coffey was born on 13 January 1856 in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon Co., IL.3034 He lived with his parents in Sangamon Co., IL on 21 September 1860. He lived with his parents in Tallula, Menard Co., IL on 22 August 1870. James died on 1 September 1924 at the age of 68 in Logan Co., IL and was buried at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Sweet Water, Menard Co., IL on 3 September 1924.10082,10083,10084 Obituary, The Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, Tue., Sep. 2, 1924, Page 5 Death Claims James Coffey Lincoln, Sept. 1.--James H. Coffey, prominent Logan county farmer residing four miles west of Broadwell, died at his home at 11:15 o'clock this morning. The decedent was born Jan. 13, 1856, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county. He married on Feb. 21, 1888, Miss Amanda Wilcox. The wife and the following children survive: Mrs. Stella Shockey, Elkhart; John Coffey, Middletown; Alice Allison, Greenview, and James Coffey at home. Two brothers, J. T. Coffey, Greenview, and Nathan Coffey, Brunstown, Fla., and two sisters, Lavina Messersmith, Petersburg, and Mrs. Lee Young, Lasanimos, Colo., also survive. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church at Sweetwater. Interment in Sweetwater cemetery. James Hardin Coffey and Amanda E. Wilcox were married on 21 February 1888 in Menard Co., IL.10085 They10085 appeared in the census on 7 January 1920 in Corwin Twp., Logan Co., IL.10086 Amanda E. Wilcox was born in 1868. Amanda died in Menard Co., IL in 1943 and was buried at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Sweet Water, Menard Co., IL in 1943 .10087 James Hardin Coffey and Amanda E. Wilcox had the following children:
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